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Can a long-term alcoholic stop drinking without getting physical withdrawl symptoms or dying?
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Under Dr.'s care: Detoxification needs to be under close medical care. Attempting to detox without adequate medical supervision could be dangerous and possibly deadly. If you know such a person encourage them to work with an addiction medical specialist and to get to some alcoholics anonymous meetings.
Answered 10/23/2017
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